NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s home ministry told TOI on Monday that it has launched a search for 43-year-old Assam woman Mumtaz Begum, who was sent to Bangladesh in the intervening night of June 13-14 and has been untraceable since. Top bureaucrats in Dhaka also said they were awaiting official communication from India on the case.Dr Ziauddin…
Trump has significantly reduced the role of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. US military intelligence and cybersecurity agencies will help protect American election systems during the November midterm elections, defence secretary Pete Hegseth has said.The National Security Agency and other military cyber units have long assisted with monitoring election infrastructure and defending it against…
India’s Yashvir Singh celebrates winning the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw final at the Asian Games. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: The last throw has become familiar territory for Yashvir Singh.At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow earlier this year, Yashvir produced a stunning 85.41m with his final throw to win bronze.Asian Games Full Coverage…
TMC MLAs’ disqualification plea: SC says judiciary must introspect before setting deadlines NEW DELHI: On a petition seeking direction to West Bengal speaker to expeditiously decide the disqualification petitions against rebel TMC MLAs, SC Monday said before setting a deadline for other constitutional authorities, the judiciary must introspect whether it conformed to statutory deadlines for…
Supreme Court questions UPI MDR, asks Centre, RBI to explain legal basis NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday asked the Centre, RBI and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to explain under which provision of law the merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI transactions was imposed, even though it refused to stay its implementation from Oct…
Internal dispute has also affected Tata Sons’ leadership MUMBAI: Weeks after Reserve Bank of India directed Tata Sons to comply with upper-layer NBFC-CIC norms, Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata has proposed merging two subsidiaries, Tata Electronics Systems (TES) and Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), with the 109-year-old holding company to take it outside the RBI’s regulatory…
Trump raises Iran link after UK releases five suspects in alleged airbase plot US President Donald Trump has criticised Britain’s decision to release on bail five men arrested over an alleged plot to attack RAF Fairford, a UK airbase used by the US military, saying he “would not have released” them.Speaking to reporters in the…
Not just humans, even raccoons are being trained for survival in boot camps now. In a wildlife centre in Mississippi, a dedicated staff is braving mud, sweat and at times, blood, all to train their raccoon soldiers. But unlike what it seems, this boot camp is truly for their own benefit. It runs with the…
For migrant workers, moving brings better livelihoods—but little job security NEW DELHI: Nearly 72% of migrant workers surveyed in three south Indian states felt that moving for work has improved their standard of living and more than half (around 57%) intended to continue working in their destination state, as per a new report.At the same…
Fossils reveal complex features in single-celled eukaryotes 1.7 billion years ago Photo credit: Leigh Anne Riedman via Science Daily More than 12,000 microscopic fossils recovered from 1.7-billion-year-old rocks in northern Australia are offering scientists a rare glimpse into the early history of complex life. The fossils belonged to ancient eukaryotes, the broad group that includes…
